| Toothed-Leaf Red Creeper |
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| Original date | 11/29/19 10:46 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 90.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 6.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D3300 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Ventilago denticulata Family: Rhamnaceae (Ber family)
Synonyms: Ventilago macrantha, Ventilago smithiana, Ventilago sulphurea
Synonyms: Ventilago macrantha, Ventilago smithiana, Ventilago sulphurea
Toothed-Leaf Red Creeper is a large woody climber, with stem
10-25 cm across; branches velvet-hairy; bark fissured, grey or dark
brown, usually red in fissures. Leaves are alternately arranged, 3-15 x
2-6 cm, ovate-lanceshaped, oblique at base, rounded toothed-sawtoothed
at margin, blunt or somewhat pointed at tip, somewhat leathery, velvet-hairy;
lateral nerves 5-8 pairs; leaf-stalks 3-10 mm long, furrowed,
velvet-hairy. Flowers are greenish-yellow, carried on stalks 1-4 mm
long. Sepals are triangular, 2-2.5 mm long, hairy, petals spoon-shaped,
notched at tip, 1-1.5 mm long. Stamens are 1-1.5 mm long; connectives
prolonged. Disc is 5-lobed, ovary hairy, 2-loculed; stigmas 2,
divergent. Toothed-Leaf Red Creeper is found in tropical Asia. Flowering:
September-June.
Medicinal uses:
The powdered root bark, mixed
with gingelly oil, is sometimes used as an external application to
treat itch and other cutaneous eruptions.
Medicinal uses:
The powdered root bark, mixed
with gingelly oil, is sometimes used as an external application to
treat itch and other cutaneous eruptions. | Identification credit: S. Kasim | Photographed in Yelagiri Hills, Tamil Nadu. |
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